Week 5 Match-ups To Avoid and Exploit ~ By the Numbers

October 8, 2009 by Kurt Turner

The Colts won't be monkeying around in Week 5

Unless you're a stats geek with too much time on your hands, you probably don't look too deeply at weekly match-ups, beyond this team is good, and that one stinks. Quite often, that is all you need. For those of you who want a more accurate look but don't have the time to invest, that's what Top Fantasy is here for. My name is Rustyn and I'm a fantasy geek. So take advantage of my illness, and let's see if we can't use it to help you improve your fantasy decision making this week. These suggestions are all made "by the numbers", meaning statistically these are either advisable or poor match-ups in terms of fantasy production I'll try to keep opinion out of it, and give you just the stats, man. Just the stats.

The top 5 easiest are the teams surrendering the most points to a given position. The guys listed are advisable plays. The top 5 toughest are the teams that surrender the least points at a given position. The guys listed are advisable sits, based solely on the numbers. As an example, the numbers tell me to sit Rams RB Steven Jackson this week, but since St. Louis has no other offensive options, I'll probably start him anyway, though according to the stats, he's looking at a bad day.

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